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Mason, George,
Massachusetts,
constitution of,
debt and,
delegation to Continental Congress from,
General Court of,
legislature of,
Shays’s Rebellion in,
Massachusetts Bay,
Massachusetts Bay Colony, arrival of Adams family in,
Massachusetts Bay Province,
Massachusetts Centinel,
Massachusetts Spy,
Massachusetts Supreme Court,
Mather, Cotton,
Matlack, Timothy,
matrimonial stories,
Maurepas, Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux de,
Mayhew, Joseph,
Mazzei, Philip,
“Mazzei Letter,”
Medical Inquiries and Observations upon the Diseases of the Mind (Rush),
Mediterranean, Barbary States and,
mental illness,
Mercure de France,
Methodists, Methodism,
Mifflin, Thomas,
Milton, John,
Miranda, Francesco de,
Mississippi River,
Missouri,
Missouri Compromise (1820),
monarchy, monarchists,
absolute,
JA’s views on,
Jefferson’s views on,
Monmouth, battle of (1778),
Monroe, James,
Jefferson’s correspondence with,
as President,
Reynolds Affair and,
Montgomery, Richard,
Monticello,
renovation of,
Morocco,
Morris, Robert,
Morristown, N.J.,
Morton, John,
Mount Vernon,
Mount Wollaston,
Murray, Judith Sargent,
Murray, William Vans,
Nantes,
Napoleon I, Emperor of France,
American commission and, crowning of,
North American empire plans of,
Napoleonic Wars,
end of,
Russia invaded in,
National Gazette,
Naturalization Act (1798),
Navy, British, see England, English, navy of
Navy, Continental,
Navy, French,
Navy, U.S.,
in Caribbean,
JA’s advocacy for,
Jefferson’s cutback of,
“subscription” ships for,
Nelson, Horatio, Netherlands, see Holland
neutrality policy,
Newburyport, Mass.,
New England, New Englanders,
British attempt at separation of,
effects of shipping embargo on,
grandeur predicted for,
Holland as viewed by,
JA’s views on,
in slave trade,
see also specific places
Newfoundland, U.S. fishing rights off,
New Hampshire,
New Haven, Conn.,
New Haven Gazette,
New Jersey,
Continental Congress delegates from,
defense of,
New Orleans, battle of (1815),
Newport, battle of (1778),
New York,
Continental Congress delegates from,
legislature of,
New York Advertiser,
New York City,
in American Revolution,
as capital,
election of 1800 and,
JA’s views on,
Philadelphia compared with,
New York Daily Gazette,
New York Journal,
New York Minerva,
Nicholas, George,
Nîmes, Maison Carrée in,
Noah, Mordecai,
Noailles, Adrienne Françoise de, see Lafayette, Madame de
Noailles, Jean de, Duc d’Ayen,
Noel, Nicholas,
Norfolk, Va.,
Normandy, Duke of,
North, Lord,
North Carolina,
North Sea,
Northwest, American,
Notes on the States of Virginia (Jefferson),
“Observations on Certain Documents . . .” (Hamilton),
Observations on Modern Gardening (Whately),
Ohio,
Olive Branch Petition,
Oliver, Andrew,
Onesimus,
Onslow, Lord Arthur,
opera,
Orations (Cicero),
Oswald, Richard,
Othello (Shakespeare),
Otis, James,
Otis, Samuel,
Otis, Mrs. Samuel,
Otto, Louis-Guillaume,
Oxford,
Page, John,
Paine, Robert Treat,
Paine, Thomas,
see also Common Sense
Palladio, Andrea,
Pamela (Richardson),
pamphlets, political,
Paradise Lost (Milton),
pardons,
Paris,
Abigail’s views on,
French Revolution in,
JA’s first visit to,
JA’s second visit to,
Jefferson’s houses in,
London compared with,
peace talks in,
theater in,
Paris, Treaty of (1783),
signing of,
violations of,
Parliament, British,
Stamp Act and,
Passy,
Patriot party, Dutch,
patronage,
Patty (servant),
Paul, Saint,
Pauline (hairdresser),
Peale, Charles Willson,
Peale, Rembrandt,
Penn, John,
Penn, William,
Penn’s Hill,
Pennsylvania, Pennsylvanians,
constitution of,
Continental Congress delegates from,
legislature of,
militia of,
religious tolerance in,
site of capital and,
Whiskey Rebellion in,
Pennsylvania Evening Post,
Pennsylvania Gazette,
Pennsylvania Journal,
Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery,
Perth Amboy, N.J.,
Petit, Adrien,
petitions, to King George,
Philadelphia, Pa.,
British agents in,
British evacuation of,
British occupation of,
as capital,
Christ Church in,
City Tavern in,
Constitutional Convention in,
description of,
disease in,
evacuated by Congress,
Francis Hotel in,
Franklin’s death and,
French presence in,
Genêt in,
“Grand Federal Procession” in,
JA in, JA’s route to,
JA’s views on,
mourning for Washington in,
New York compared with,
port of,
President’s House in,
return of Congress to,
Thomas in,
Tories in,
Philadelphia Aurora,
election of 1800 and,
Philadelphia Evening Post,
Pickering, Timothy,
election of 1800 and,
firing of,
JA’s correspondence with,
as Secretary of State,
Pilgrims,
Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth,
in election of 1800
Pinckney, Thomas,
pins, Abigail’s request for,
pirates, Barbary,
Pitt, William, the elder,
Pitt, William, the younger,
Pittsburgh, Pa.,
Plan of Treaties,
Plat
o,
Poor Richard’s Almanack (Franklin),
Pope, Alexander,
Poplar Forest,
Popple, Henry,
population growth,
Porcupine’s Gazette,
portraits,
of Abigail,
of JA,
Portsmouth, N.H.,
Portugal,
Potomac River,
poverty, the poor,
in Europe,
in Philadelphia,
Powel, Samuel, power:
Abigail’s views on,
JA’s views on,
Presbyterians,
press, freedom of the,
press gangs,
Preston, Thomas,
Price, Rev. Richard,
Priestley, Joseph,
Prince, James,
Princeton, N.J.,
battle of (1777),
privateers,
French,
Proclamation of Neutrality (1793),
Prospect Before Us, The (Callender),
prostitutes,
Protestant Reformation,
Protestants,
Prussia,
“Publicola,”
Puritans,
Putnam, James,
Quakers,
American Revolution supported by,
pacifism of,
slavery and,
Quasi-War (Half-War),
end of,
peace efforts in,
as undeclared sea war,
U.S. preparations in,
X, Y, and Z Affair and,
Quebec, battle of (1775-76),
Quincy, Edmund,
Quincy, Eliza Susan,
Quincy, Esther, see Sewall, Esther Quincy
Quincy, Hannah, see Storer, Hannah
Quincy Lincoln
Quincy, John,
Quincy, Josiah, Jr.,
Quincy, Josiah, Sr.,
Quincy, Josiah (Abigail’s cousin),
Quincy, Mass.,
Big House in,
Emerson’s visit to,
John Quincy’s visits to,
Josiah Quincy’s visits to,
Lafayette’s visit to,
Louisa Catherine’s visits to,
Monroe’s visit to,
Nabby’s visits to,
Peacefield (later Stoneyfield) in,
Thomas in,
Quincy, Samuel,
Ramsay, Allan,
Ramsay, Andrew,
Randolph, Edmund,
Randolph, Ellen Wayles,
Randolph, John,
Randolph, Martha Jefferson (Patsy),
Abigail’s proposed marriage for,
Jefferson’s correspondence with,
marriage of,
Randolph, Thomas Jefferson,
Randolph, Thomas Mann, Jr.,
Ranelagh Gardens,
reason:
JA’s views on,
Jefferson’s views on,
Reflections on Courtship and Marriage (Franklin),
Reflections on the French Revolution (Burke),
religion,
freedom of, in
Massachusetts constitution,
see also specific churches and sects
Reni, Guido,
republican government,
JA’s views on,
Republicans, Republican party,
Callender as propagandist for,
and Callender’s attack on Jefferson,
in election of
in election of
in election of
French policy and,
JA’s inauguration and,
JA’s lack of cooperation from,
Jay Treaty and,
Reynolds Affair and,
Sedition Act and,
Washington criticized by,
Revere, Paul,
Revolutionary War, see American Revolution
Reynolds, James,
Reynolds, Joshua,
Reynolds, Maria,
Reynolds Affair,
Rhode Island,
Continental Congress delegates from,
Richardson, Samuel,
Richmond, Va.,
Richmond Examiner,
Richmond Hill,
Richmond Recorder,
Ridley, Matthew,
Rights of Man, The (Paine),
Rittenhouse, David,
Robespierre, Maximilien de,
Rochambeau, Comte de,
Rockingham, Lord,
Rodney, Caesar,
Rodney, Thomas,
Roebuck (British frigate),
Roman Catholic Church,
Roman Empire, Roman values,
Ross, John,
Rotterdam,
Rousseau, Jean Jacques,
Royall, Anne,
Rubens, Peter Paul,
Rumbold, Richard,
Rush, Benjamin,
in Continental Congress,
death of,
on JA,
JA’s correspondence with,
Jefferson’s correspondence with,
Jefferson’s friendship with JA renewed by,
Jefferson supported by,
sanitary concerns of,
slavery opposed by,
in yellow fever epidemics,
Rush, Mrs. Benjamin,
Rush, Richard,
Russia:
John Quincy as minister to,
John Quincy’s first visit to,
Napoleon’s invasion of,
Rutledge, Edward,
in meeting with Lord Howe,
St. Eustatius,
San Domingo (Haiti),
Saratoga, battle of (1777),
Sartine, Gabriel,
Scottish mercenaries,
sculpture,
Sedgwick, Theodore,
Sedition Act (1798),
Sellers, Nathan,
Selling of Joseph, The (Sewall),
Senate, Massachusetts,
Senate, U.S.,
and envoys to France,
JA’s tie-breaking votes in,
Jay Treaty and,
John Quincy in,
in New York,
removal of cabinet officers by,
titles issue in,
Senate Manual (Jefferson),
Sensible, La (French frigate),
Sentimental Journey, A (Sterne),
September Massacres,
Sergeant, Jonathan,
servants,
in England,
in France,
Sewall, Esther Quincy,
Sewall, Jonathan,
as attorney general,
JA offered royal appointment by,
JA’s friendship with,
JA’s reunion with,
marriage of,
Sewall, Samuel,
Shakespeare, William,
Shaw, Elizabeth Smith,
Abigail’s correspondence with,
death of,
Nabby’s correspondence with,
Shaw, Rev. John,
Shaw, William,
Shays, Daniel,
Shays’s Rebellion (1786),
Shelburne, Lord William,
Shenstone, William,
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley,
Sherman, Roger,
Short, William,
Siddons, Sarah,
slaves, slavery,
Abigail’s views on,
American Revolution and,
Declaration of Independence and,
of Jefferson,
Jefferson’s denunciation of,
Jefferson’s reputed cohabitation with,
opposition to,
in Philadelphia,
rebellions of,
smallpox inoculation and,
of Smith family,
smallpox,
inoculation for,
Smith, Abigail (JA’s wife), see Adams, Abigail Smith
Smith, Abigail Adams (Nabby) (JA’s daughter),
Abigail’s correspondence with,
birth of,
cancer of,
death of,
diary of,
in East Chester,
in England,
in France,
inoculation of,
JA’s correspondence with,
John Quincy’s correspondence with,
marriage of,
in New York,
physical appearance of,
portrait of,
pregnancies and childbirths of,
in Quincy,
reserve of,
Tyler’s romance with,
Smith, Adam,
Smith, Caroline,
Smith, Elizabeth (Abigail’s aunt),
Smith, Elizabeth (Abigail’s sister), see Shaw, Elizabeth Smith
Smith, Isaac,
Abigail’s correspondence with,
JA’s correspondence with,
Smith, John Adams,
Smith, Louisa,
Abigail’s death and,
Smith, Mary, see Cranch, Mary Smith
Smith, Rev. William, Sr.,
death of,
slaves of,
Smith, Mrs. William, Sr.,
Smith, Sally, see Adams, Sally Smith
Smith, Thomas,
Smith, William, Jr.,
death of,
Smith, William Stephens,
Abigail’s correspondence with,
Abigail’s fears about,
death of,
in England,
JA’s correspondence with,
Jefferson’s correspondence with,
marriage of,
proposed for Army,
speculative activities of,
Smith, William Steuben,
Smollett, Tobias,
Society of the Cincinnati,
South Carolina,
American Revolution in,
Continental Congress delegates from,
South Carolina (U.S. ship),
Spain,
in American Revolution,
U.S. relations with,
Spanish America,
Sparhawk, John,
Sparhawk, Thomas,
Stamp Act (1765),
State Department, U.S.,
see also specific secretaries
Staten Island,
States-General, Dutch,
states’ rights,
Stephens, Joseph,
Sterne, Laurence,
Stiles, Ezra,
Stockbridge, Joseph,
Stockton, Richard,
Stoddert, Benjamin,
JA’s correspondence with,
Storer, Charles,
Storer, Ebenezer,
Storer, Hannah Quincy Lincoln,
Strachey, Henry,
Stratford-on-Avon,
Stuart, Gilbert,
Sullivan, John,
Summary View of the Rights of British America (Jefferson),
Supreme Court, Massachusetts,
Supreme Court, U.S.,
Swift, Jonathan,
Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles-Maurice de,
taverns:
JA’s stops in,
in London,
in Philadelphia,
taxation,
of American colonies,
of land,
Shays’s Rebellion and,
Whiskey Rebellion and,
Tennessee,
Thaxter, John, Jr.,
Abigail’s correspondence with,
in Europe,
“Their High Mightinesses, the States-General of the United Provinces of the Low Countries” (Adams),
Thomson, Charles,
Thornton, Matthew,